General Education Requirements for the Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

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Career Programs (23 minimum credits)

Communications (6 Credit Hours)

COM 121 - English Composition 3 Credit Hours or
COM 122 - English Composition (Honors) 3 Credit Hours

AND one of the following as listed in the career program:

BUS 106 - Business Communications 3 Credit Hours
COM 131 - Composition & Literature 3 Credit Hours or
COM 132 - Composition & Literature: Texts and Contexts (Honors) 3 Credit Hours
COM 141 - Technical Writing 3 Credit Hours

Humanities (3 Credit Hours)

Choose ONE from the following list:

ART 111 - Introduction to Drawing 3 Credit Hours
ART 112 - Drawing II 3 Credit Hours
ART 113 - Design 3 Credit Hours
ART 121 - Painting 3 Credit Hours
ART 201 - Art Appreciation 3 Credit Hours
ART 250 - Art History: The Western Tradition 3 Credit Hours
MUS 221 - Music Appreciation 3 Credit Hours
ENG 231 - World Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENG 235 - World Literature II 3 Credit Hours
ENG 241 - American Literature I 3 Credit Hours
ENG 245 - American Literature II 3 Credit Hours
ENG 249 - Contemporary American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENG 251 - Introduction to Drama 3 Credit Hours
ENG 255 - Shakespeare 3 Credit Hours
ENG 261 - Film Studies 3 Credit Hours
PHI 271 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHI 275 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credit Hours or
PHI 276 - Ethics (Honors) 3 Credit Hours
HUM 299 - Special Studies and Special Topics Varies Credit Hours
200 - level - Humanities Honors Elective

Information Technology (3 Credit Hours)

IFT 110 - Microcomputer Applications 3 Credit Hours *

Mathematics (3 to 4 Credit Hours)**

Select the specific course listed in the career program:

BUS 110 - Business Mathematics 3 Credit Hours
MAT 110 - Algebra II 3 Credit Hours
MAT 150 - Foundations of Mathematics 3 Credit Hours
MAT 160 - College Algebra 3 Credit Hours
MAT 180 - Precalculus 3 Credit Hours
MAT 210 - Statistics 3 Credit Hours
MTT 120 - Machine Tool Mathematics I 3 Credit Hours

Natural/Physical Sciences (3 Credit Hours)***

BIO 120 - Biological Concepts 4 Credit Hours
CHE 120 - Principles of Chemistry 4 Credit Hours
ENV 130 - The Environment 3 Credit Hours or
ENV 131 - The Environment (Honors) 3 Credit Hours
PHY 120 - Principles of Physics 4 Credit Hours

Orientation (2 Credit Hours)

ORI 102 - College Success Strategies 2 Credit Hours **** or
ORI 101 (Course must be taken during first semester of enrollment.)

Social Sciences (3 Credit Hours)*****

SOC 125 - The Individual & Society 3 Credit Hours or
SOC 130 - Sociology 3 Credit Hours or
PSY 130 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours

Note(s):

The total credits required to fulfill the graduation requirements for the Associate in Applied Science degree programs vary according to the major area of study. Please see your academic advisor one year prior to graduation to determine whether you meet the graduation requirements for your major.

* Students who feel that they can demonstrate that they have already mastered the competencies for this course should contact Janine Tiffany at jtiffany@racc.edu about credit by examination a semester before they are scheduled to take IFT 110 . Nursing students are exempt from taking this course.

** A higher level mathematics course may be substituted for the one listed in the program outline if approved by the Faculty Advisor.

*** Students majoring in Medical Laboratory, Nursing, or Respiratory Care fulfill this requirement with a four-credit, laboratory science course.

**** Any transfer student who has completed a minimum of 24 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or better from an accredited college or university may choose to have the College Success Strategies class waived.

***** Nursing students are required to take SOC 130 and PSY 130 .

+ Humanities requirement for Nursing students must have an HUM prefix.